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• Your Ward News antisemitic and misogynist hatemongers lose conviction appeal

  14-06-2021 20:13 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Two men in charge of an extremist publication lost their appeal Monday of a conviction for promoting hatred against women and Jews, with the judge also upholding their sentences.
  
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• Toronto police to provide details on carjacking investigation

  16-04-2024 18:49 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Toronto police are set up to announce the results of a carjacking investigation later today.
  
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• Teens crash stolen vehicle into parked car moments after alleged GTA carjacking

  16-04-2024 18:05 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Police say a group of teens are facing charges after they allegedly tried to steal a vehicle at gunpoint in a Markham parking lot but crashed into a parked car just moments later.
  
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• Over 2.6K Toronto residents sign petition to reverse Ontario’s UP Express changes

  16-04-2024 17:54 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  More than 2,600 people have already signed a petition to reverse changes made to the UP Express that would limit stops to two transit stations in Toronto.
  
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• Nearly 3K Toronto residents sign petition to reverse Ontario’s UP Express changes

  16-04-2024 17:54 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Nearly 3,000 people have already signed a petition to reverse changes made to the UP Express that would limit stops to two transit stations in Toronto.
  
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• Woman touched after Blue Jays star offers to sign jersey for ailing husband

  16-04-2024 17:24 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ontario resident Carla Norris-Hutcheson says she never expected to be gifted a Blue Jays jersey for her ailing husband when she sat alone at the team’s home opener next to a couple of kind strangers.
  
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• 'I just started crying': Blue Jays player signs jersey for man in hospital

  16-04-2024 17:24 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  An Ontario woman says she never expected to be gifted a Blue Jays jersey for her ailing husband when she sat alone at the team’s home opener next to a couple of kind strangers.
  
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• Ontario to refurbish electricity generating plants in Niagara Region for $1 billion

  16-04-2024 16:59 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ontario is spending $1 billion to refurbish hydro power stations in Niagara Falls, Ont.
  
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• An Ontario family waited 3 years for trial in alleged murder of brother. Now they have to wait another year

  16-04-2024 16:18 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  An Ontario family that has waited three years for a trial in the alleged murder of a loved one has just been told they’ll have to wait another year.
  
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• 'Deplorable' conditions see sentences lowered at Toronto South Detention Centre: court

  16-04-2024 15:31 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A growing number of judges presiding over Ontario's criminal cases are condemning 'deplorable' jail conditions at the Toronto South Detention Centre, where sentences continue to be shortened over inhumane conditions.
  
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• Ontario may not hit LTC care target due to staff shortages

  16-04-2024 14:58 via cbc.ca
  
  Difficulties hiring and retaining enough nurses and personal support workers for long-term care homes could mean the Ontario government may not meet its target for the amount of hands-on care residents receive, the minister responsible for the sector was warned.
  
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• Annual inflation rate increased to 2.9% in March

  16-04-2024 14:23 via ctvnews.ca
  
  The annual inflation rate ticked higher in March compared with February, boosted by higher prices for gasoline, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
  
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• Airline catering workers at Pearson airport go on strike

  16-04-2024 13:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Some flights departing from Toronto's Pearson airport could have fewer food and beverage options onboard as workers at an airline catering company went on strike Tuesday, the union representing the workers says.
  
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• Striking food service workers at Toronto's Pearson airport say meals on some flights may be impacted by labour action

  16-04-2024 12:39 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Some flights may be departing from Toronto Pearson International Airport with “less or no food” after workers who prepare meals for in-flight service walked off the job on Tuesday, the union representing employees says.
  
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• Ontario may not meet LTC direct care target due to staff shortages: document

  16-04-2024 12:33 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Difficulties hiring and retaining enough nurses and personal support workers for long-term care homes could mean the Ontario government may not meet its target for the amount of hands-on care residents receive, the minister responsible for the sector was warned.
  
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• Tim Hortons launches pizza nationally to 'stretch the brand' to afternoon, night

  16-04-2024 12:30 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Tim Hortons is launching flatbread pizzas nationally in a bid to pick up more afternoon and evening customers.
  
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• Freeland to present 2024 federal budget, promising billions in new spending

  16-04-2024 12:10 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Canadians will learn Tuesday the entirety of the federal Liberal government's new spending plans, and how they intend to pay for them, when Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tables the 2024 federal budget.
  
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• Ontario's biggest hydro dams to get $1B life extension

  16-04-2024 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's energy minister is set to announce a $1 billion plan to extend the life of the biggest hydroelectric dams in the province.
  
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• Ontario woman charged almost $7,000 for 20-minute taxi ride abroad

  16-04-2024 12:00 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  An Ontario woman was shocked to find she’d been charged nearly $7,000 after unknowingly using an unauthorized taxi company while on vacation in January.
  
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• 'Woodland rapist' victim says genealogy website led police to alleged attacker

  16-04-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Thirty years after he was attacked, one of the victims in an Ontario child sex predator cold case says he felt "joy, then sadness" when he learned of a recent arrest. The victim says police doubted his story at first.
  
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• Toronto exploring use of underused school lands as help to address housing crisis

  16-04-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Some Toronto councillors are pushing the province to change a “deal-crusher” rule, one they say prevents the city from buying land from the public school board to build housing.
  
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• Could underused schools help address Toronto's housing crisis?

  16-04-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Some Toronto councillors are pushing the province to change a “deal-crusher” rule, one they say prevents the city from buying land from the public school board to build housing.
  
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• Toronto cyclist Vlad Zotov remembered with memorial ride, ghost bike installation

  16-04-2024 05:17 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Hundreds of cyclists came together Monday evening to remember a well-known and long-time member of Toronto’s cycling community.
  
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• Hundreds of cyclists pay respects to man who died after being struck by driver

  16-04-2024 04:42 via cbc.ca
  
  Hundreds of cyclists took part in a memorial bike ride on Monday for a man struck and killed by a driver last week in Toronto.
  
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• Man arrested and charged after luring a young boy online to make child pornography: police

  16-04-2024 03:54 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A man from Peterborough has been charged after allegedly sexually exploiting a youth.
  
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• Man charged after allegedly making xenophobic remarks, assaulting victim in North York store

  16-04-2024 01:47 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Toronto man has been charged after allegedly making xenophobic remarks and assaulting a victim at a North York store earlier this week.
  
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• Proposed class action against Shoppers Drug Mart alleges 'unsafe and unethical corporate practices'

  16-04-2024 00:01 via cbc.ca
  
  A former Shoppers Drug Mart franchise owner has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the Canadian retail pharmacy chain, and its parent company Loblaw, alleging the companies imposed “unsafe and unethical” corporate practices on franchise owner pharmacists to increase profits. In a statement, a Loblaw spokesperson told CBC News "this case has no merit whatsoever, and we intend to vigorously defend it."
  
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• Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews barrelling toward rarely seen 70-goal season

  15-04-2024 23:50 via cbc.ca
  
  Auston Matthews is on the verge of entering rarefied air in pursuit of 70 goals this season. Matthews is currently one goal shy of the mark, with his Toronto Maple Leafs having two games remaining on the regular-season schedule.
  
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• Man killed in shooting in Toronto’s Weston area identified

  15-04-2024 23:37 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Toronto police have identified a man who was fatally shot in the city’s Weston neighbourhood late Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Ottawa and Ontario announce deal to scrap province's Highway 413 impact assessment

  15-04-2024 23:36 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario and the federal government say they have reached a deal to drop an assessment of the province's Highway 413 project after the Federal Court ruled it can be aside.
  
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